FDE II 08 Graded Reader Lesson Plan
H.J. Perino Sabrina Sahli
18.02.2008
Lesson Plan Graded Reader: Dracula
Text: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Oxford Bookworms Library), Stage 2 (700 headwords)
Time plan: 7 weeks, 1 per week (introduction + 6 chapters)
Aims: - introduce literature
- begin to discuss literary topics
- learn to work independently
- understand texts, learn to read for understanding, not word-to-word translations
Presentations
The class will form 6 groups; each week, one group will present a chapter; presentations will not take longer than 5 minutes; additionally, they will prepare ‘Verständnisfragen’ (1-2) to be distributed to the class and solved by the class after the presentation. They should also bring to class 2-3 aspects they found interesting or disturbing in order to discuss them in class. However, in any case the teacher will have her own questions ready in case discussions stall.
Vocabulary
I don’t want to put too much focus on vocabulary to encourage students to read the text for understanding, instead on concentrating on translations of every single word. However, at the beginning of this lesson-sequence, students will be told that they will have to keep a list of their own vocabulary, i.e. they are required to use a dictionary to find out words they don’t know while reading, and which they need to understand the text.
Lesson / Activities / Homework1 / Introduction:
- show a scene from Dracula-movie (Harper and the 3 vampire ladies?), max. 5’
- ‘Dracula’ on blackboard => brainstorming what students know about the protagonist; ask what they suppose the story will be like
- read introduction aloud in class
- Admin: explain what the following 6 lessons will be like / - read chapter 1
- answer ‘before reading’ questions in the book
2 / Chapter 1: Harker’s diary
- first few minutes: discuss particular vocabulary questions
- first group: presentation, ‘Verständnisfragen’, discuss interesting aspects
- last 10-15 minutes: read aloud from the text / - read chapter 2
- answer questions to chapter 1,2 in the book
3 / Chapter 2: Harker’s diary
- first few minutes: discuss particular vocabulary questions
- first group: presentation, ‘Verständnisfragen’, discuss interesting aspects
- last 10-15 minutes: read aloud from the text / - read chapter 3
- answer questions to chapter 3 in the book
4 / Chapter 3: Mina’s story
- first few minutes: discuss particular vocabulary questions
- first group: presentation, ‘Verständnisfragen’, discuss interesting aspects
- last 10-15 minutes: read aloud from the text / - answer ‘before reading chapter 4’ questions
- read chapter 4
- answer questions to chapter 4 in the book
5 / Chapter 4: Jack Seward’s story
- first few minutes: discuss particular vocabulary questions
- first group: presentation, ‘Verständnisfragen’, discuss interesting aspects
- last 10-15 minutes: read aloud from the text / - answer ‘before reading chapters 5,6’ questions
- read chapter 5
6 / Chapter 5: Harker’s diary
- first few minutes: discuss particular vocabulary questions
- first group: presentation, ‘Verständnisfragen’, discuss interesting aspects
- last 10-15 minutes: read aloud from the text / - read chapter 6
- answer questions to chapter 5,6 in the book
7 / Chapter 6: Harker’s diary
- first few minutes: discuss particular vocabulary questions
- first group: presentation, ‘Verständnisfragen’, discuss interesting aspects
- last 15 minutes: selected ‘after reading’ questions in the book to be solved in groups and discussed in class